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starring Brian Cant , who invites you to join his guests in an entertainment of comedy and music. with Nerys Hughes , Alex Norton Jonathan Cohen and the Play Away Band
Musical arrangements by JONATHAN COHEN Designer ANDRÈE WELSTEAD HORNBY Director AVRIL PRICE Producer ANN REAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Cant
Unknown:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Alex Norton
Unknown:
Jonathan Cohen
Arrangements By:
Jonathan Cohen
Designer:
Andrèe Welstead Hornby
Director:
Avril Price
Producer:
Ann Reay

starring Betty Grable
Lorry Jones is a stenographer in the government services who falls in love with Tommy Dooley , a Navy hero. He is horrified to learn that thousands of marines have her photograph.
Betty Grable was the pin-up girl of World War II. Her ' million-dollar legs', insured by Lloyd's, are featured prominently in this 40s escapist musical comedy.
Screenplay by ROBERT ELLIS , HELEN LOCAN and EARL BALDWIN
Produced by WILLIAM LE BARON Directed by BRUCE HUMBERSTONE Films: page 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Grable
Unknown:
Lorry Jones
Unknown:
Tommy Dooley
Unknown:
Betty Grable
Unknown:
Robert Ellis
Unknown:
Helen Locan
Unknown:
Earl Baldwin
Produced By:
William Le Baron
Directed By:
Bruce Humberstone
Lorry Jones:
Betty Grable
Tommy Dooley:
John Harvey
Marian:
Martha Raye
Eddie:
Joe E Brown
Barney Briggs:
Eugene Pallette
Kay Pritchard:
Dorothea Kent
Dud Miller:
Dave Willock

A look at the week's television presented by Ludovic Kennedy , who discusses Arthur Miller 's television film Playing for Time (ITV); the Arena documentary Hazell Meets His Makers (BBC2); and the drama serial on a black detective in London which is called Wolcott (ATV) with The Rt Hon Dame Judith Hart , mp, Manuel Alvarado , University of London lecturer in television, and Trevor Phillips , reporter on the LWT programme Skin.
Also Jeremy Isaacs , Chief Executive of Channel 4, talks about the organisation and structure of the new television channel.
Director ANN FREER
Producer JOHN ARCHER

Contributors

Presented By:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Judith Hart
Unknown:
Manuel Alvarado
Unknown:
Trevor Phillips
Unknown:
Jeremy Isaacs
Producer:
John Archer

The Embassy
World Professional Championship The Final
Can Eric Bristow retain his championship? Can John Lowe or Leighton Rees win the world title again? Will a new name be inscribed on the trophy?
The remaining six sets of the Final are played in front of a packed and enthusiastic audience at Jollees Club, Stoke-on-Trent. Introduced by PETER PURVES Commentators
SID WADDELL , TONY GREEN
Producers NICK HUNTER. BILL TAYLOR KEITH PHILLIPS. MIKE ADI.EY
The BBC Book of World Darts, £1.25, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Bristow
Unknown:
John Lowe
Unknown:
Leighton Rees
Introduced By:
Peter Purves
Unknown:
Sid Waddell
Producers:
Nick Hunter.
Unknown:
Taylor Keith Phillips.

Wales v England France v Scotland
'Grand Slam' winners England, captained by BILL BEAUMONT , have to overcome an eight-match sequence of defeats at Cardiff if they are to start another winning season. With Wales smarting after their defeat by the ' All Blacks', this could be their best chance.
Scotland, inspired by ANDY IRVINE, visit Paris hoping to repeat their thrilling victory of last season.
Commentary on this afternoon's games by BILL MCLAREN (Cardiff)
NIGEL STARMER-SMITII (Paris)
Television presentation:
Wales v England DEWI GRIFFITHS
France v Scotland FRENCH TV SERVICE Series producer HUW JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Beaumont
Unknown:
Bill McLaren

(L'amour en fuite)
Starring Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani, Dorothee,

Antoine Doinel, first seen in "Les quatre cents coups" at the age of 13, is now more than 30. He has published a fairly successful novel, made a mess of his marriage and is still consciously charming, pigheaded and egocentric. Only a torn photograph can save him from another disaster....

(A French film with English sub-titles) (First showing on British television) Films: page 9

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Francois Truffaut
Screenplay:
Marie-France Pisier
Screenplay:
Jean Aurel
Screenplay:
Suzanne Schiffman
Antoine Doinel:
Jean-Pierre Leaud
Sabine:
null Dorothee
Colette:
Marie-France Pisier
Christine:
Claude Jade
Liliane:
null Dani
M Lucien:
Julien Bertheau
Xavier:
Daniel Mesguich

by D. H. LAWRENCE
A dramatisation in seven parts by TREVOR GRIFFITHS
1: When Gertrude Morel married her miner husband Walter she was, for three months, perfectly happy: for six months she was very happy. Now she is disillusioned in her marriage, and expecting her third child.
Music JOHN TAMS
Producer JONATHAN POWELL Directed by STUART BURGE

Contributors

Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Unknown:
Trevor Griffiths
Unknown:
Gertrude Morel
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Directed By:
Stuart Burge

' Uncle Sidney' is the kindly old soul in charge of an institute for the disabled: he tucks them up at night and keeps them supplied with back numbers of the Reader's Digest. But, his crippled charges have had enough of him, and Side-show, the Graeae Theatre Company's highly successful play, tells the story of their escape.
Arena marks the International Year of the Disabled with a profile of this extraordinary company of disabled actors. with Will Kennen , Alex Low Jag Plah , Elaine Roberts
Marion Saunders , Nabil Shahan and Richard Tomlinson
Film cameraman IAN PUNTER Film editor DAVID MARTIN Producer ALAN YENTOB
Director NIGEL WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Will Kennen
Unknown:
Alex Low
Unknown:
Jag Plah
Unknown:
Elaine Roberts
Unknown:
Marion Saunders
Unknown:
Nabil Shahan
Unknown:
Richard Tomlinson
Editor:
David Martin
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Nigel Williams

takes a look at the contemporary rock scene with Anne Nightingale. In the studio this week:
Adam and the Ants
Reluctant Stereotypes with films, album tracks, interviews, news and reviews.
Director JOHN BURROWES
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON
Record (same title, BELP 017), or cassette (ZCF 017), from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Nightingale.
Director:
John Burrowes
Producer:
Michael Appleton

The classic sci-fi series exploring the boundaries of man's inner self when faced with alien forces in time and space. The Mutant starring Larry Pennell
Warren Oates , Walter Burke
An investigator is sent to look into unexplained deaths among a group of scientists researching a distant planet. Behaviour patterns become increasingly irrational.
Written by ALAN BALTER and ROBERT MINTZ Directed by ALAN CROSLAND JR Produced by JOSEPH STEFANO Created by LESLIE STEVENS

Contributors

Unknown:
Larry Pennell
Unknown:
Warren Oates
Unknown:
Walter Burke
Written By:
Alan Balter
Written By:
Robert Mintz
Directed By:
Alan Crosland
Produced By:
Joseph Stefano
Unknown:
Leslie Stevens

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